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3rd May 2023, Mumbai: The winners of the highly anticipated NEXA Music Season 2 competition have been announced by NEXA, India's leading automobile brand. The top four contestants will curate a music video. NEXA Music Season 2 is a one-of-a-kind platform dedicated to discovering and promoting original English music talent in India. With over 2,400 entries from across the country, the competition garnered an enormous reaction from budding musicians. The top four winners were picked through a rigorous evaluation procedure based on their uniqueness, ingenuity, and musical talent.


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Maestro A.R. Rahman judged the winners of NEXA Music Season 2. This season's Supper winners were Hanu Dixit, Sunep A Jamir, Inga, and Gaia Meera. The music videos will be posted on the official YouTube page of NEXA Music and promoted on other social media channels. NEXA Music Season 2 has reinforced NEXA's dedication to promoting creative music talent in India. The competition has given young musicians a platform to display their ability and interact with music fans around the country.

Gaia Meera, is a Mumbai-based musician whose soft voice and poignant words have captivated audiences. Hanu Dixit, a multi-talented artist from Mumbai, sings, writes, and composes music that is both popular and meaningful. Sunep A Jamir from Nagaland uses his distinct voice and lively personality to create music that is both entertaining and moving. Inga, from Bangalore, mixes eastern and western musical influences in her work, resulting in a familiar yet refreshing sound.

Communiqué, on the success of NEXA Music Season 2, Juhi Mehta, COO of Qyuki Digital's, "We were testing water while doing the first season, and the success we achieved with Season 1 was overwhelming. We knew that we had to present much better, with responses and scale that will be touched on in season 2, and we are thrilled. We are glad season 2 received more love and recognition, which brought out the truly deserving and emerging artists from the country.”


About NEXA Launched in 2015, NEXA is designed to offer a global car buying experience to customers. Every NEXA experience is a testimony to unmatched hospitality, innovative technology and a global lifestyle. With over 407 showrooms across 250+ cities, NEXA is the 3rd largest retail automobile brand (in terms of volume). NEXA persistently stays true to its philosophy of ‘creating the new to inspire the next by providing a premium experience to everyone who enters the world of NEXA. NEXA introduced three experiential pillars which catered to the expectations of the discerning customers; NEXA MUSIC (Creation of New English Music that is Original and Inspiring), NEXA LIFESTYLE (Creation of new lifestyle experiences that are Avant-Garde and Aspirational & NEXA JOURNEYS (Creation of exclusive Journeys that are Unique). NEXA product line-up includes a complete range of premium best-sellers – IGNIS, BALENO, CIAZ, S-CROSS and XL6. Every vehicle in NEXA is curated with the best of technology, design, and features for customers’ delight. About QYUKI Co-Founded by Samir Bangara, A.R.Rahman, and Shekhar Kapur, Qyuki is a data-driven new media company which discovers & amp; invests in India’s most influential creators to help them rapidly grow their audience, create content and launch new IPs. Qyuki has to its name several premium formats like ARRived - a singing talent hunt show with A. R Rahman as a mentor, Jammin’ - a collaboration-focused music show where legendary Bollywood composers and India’s top Internet icons create original tracks - and NEXA Music - a nationwide talent hunt for English-language singers. In Jan 2020, Qyuki created a breakthrough format of a fan festival called Epic Fam Jam, which brought together India’s biggest online sensations - in thematic mini-worlds of their own for superfan meetups - topped with incredible live performances. Qyuki also exclusively manages a host of talent across various digital platforms including YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat.







The inaugural Moving the World with Music conference in Seoul was dominated by artificial intelligence. However, K-Pop executives claim that copyright law lags far behind technologies like ChatGPT and Midjourney.


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Image: Moving the World with Music


Supertone, a Korean startup backed by BTS promoter Hybe Corp., used its platform at MWM to exhibit voice technology and lower barriers in music production. "Our ultimate goal is to create a link between creators and technology, making what creators thought was impossible into reality," stated Lee Kyogu, CEO and co-founder of Supertone.

Pozalabs, backed by CJ ENM, was founded in 2018 when CEO Huh Wongil noticed a growing demand for low-cost background music for video content creation. Current music copyright clearance issues are an impediment to the (legal) use of previously recorded music and could not keep up with the "ppalli ppalli" (anything fast) work schedule of the Korean business. “Typically, it takes about two weeks to create music, but it takes about 5 minutes for our system. That means we can make 50-60 tracks, while others can only do five,” said Huh.

However, the recent controversy surrounding the viral track "Heart on My Sleeve" by Drake and The Weeknd doppelgangers was mentioned in multiple panel discussions on Thursday. The Korea Music Content Association organised the conference, which brought together executives from the music and technology industries, as well as government officials and members of the Korean parliament.

"More must be done to ensure that Koreans can compete on an equal playing field." For example, Korean artists are still unable to fully benefit from public performance rights, which account for a significant portion of industry revenue. "They are also unable to effectively prevent Korean consumers from accessing foreign streaming sites," said to Lauri Rechardt, chief legal officer at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

According to the most recent IFPI Global Music Report, Korea is now the world's seventh largest music market. It rose by more than 14% in 2022, much exceeding the global average of 9.0%.

However, the country's copyright laws currently only apply to humans and businesses, not to virtual humans or AI-generated content. And Korean courts have yet to rule on a patent application for American scientist Stephen Thaler's artificial intelligence system, Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience (DABUS). DABUS' patent applications have already been denied in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and parts of Europe.

“As AI advances, we need to come up with synchronized international laws, so K-pop can spread throughout the whole world and IP can be protected,” said Kim Shi Hyeong, director general of the Korean Intellectual Property Office.


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Metallica's magnificent 12th studio album, 72 Seasons, was released on their own Blackened Recordings label.


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The album includes songs like "as “If Darkness Had a Son”, “Screaming Suicide” and the first single "“Lux Æterna”. " The 12-track 72 Seasons, produced by Greg Fidelman with Hetfield and Ulrich and measuring in at over 77 minutes, is Metallica's first full-length compilation of new material since 2016's Hardwired...To commit suicide.

Metallica was critically acclaimed and hailed as "a ringing success" by Classic Rock Magazine, Uncut announced that they had discovered "ageless redemption," and The Arts Desk sums it up nicely, noting simply that "Metallica continue to deliver."

The album is available in two formats: 2LP 140g black vinyl with limited edition versions, CD digital, and Dolby Atmos (streaming where accessible).

Go to www.metallica.com/store/72-seasons/ for a complete list of configurations, pre-orders, and more information.

Single-day tickets for Metallica's M72 global tour are now available at ticketmaster.com M72 will be presented internationally by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whisky (in North America only) and marketed by Live Nation, with the band performing two nights in each city, with each No Repeat Weekend having two completely distinct setlists and support lineups. The M72 tour will include a stunning new in-the-round stage design that moves Metallica's renowned Snake Pit to centre stage, as well as the I Disappear full-tour pass and other surprises. Visit Metallica Tour for additional information on single and two-day tickets, expanded experiences, and more.


METALLICA: M72 WORLD TOUR 2023-2024


April 2023

Thur 27th Amsterdam NL, Johan Cruijff Arena Sat 29th Amsterdam NL, Johan Cruijff Arena

May 2023

Wed 17th Paris FR, Stade de France* Fri 19th Paris FR, Stade de France Fri 26th Hamburg DE, Volksparkstadion Sun 28th Hamburg DE, Volksparkstadion

June 2023

Thu 8th Castle Donington, Download Festival

Sat 10th Castle Donington, Download Festival

Fri 16th Gothenburg SE, Ullevi Stadium** Sun 18th Gothenburg SE, Ullevi Stadium

August 2023

Fri 4th East Rutherford, NJ, MetLife Stadium Sun 6th East Rutherford, NJ, MetLife Stadium Fri 11th Montreal, QC, Stade Olympique Sun 13th Montreal, QC, Stade Olympique Fri 18th Arlington, TX, AT&T Stadium Sun 20th Arlington, TX, AT&T Stadium Fri 25th Inglewood, CA, SoFi Stadium Sun 27th Inglewood, CA, SoFi Stadium

September 2023 Fri 1st Glendale, AZ, State Farm Stadium

Sun 3rd Glendale, AZ, State Farm Stadium

November 2023 Fri 3rd St. Louis, MO, The Dome at America’s Center Sun 5th St. Louis, MO, The Dome at America’s Center Fri 10th Detroit, MI, Ford Field Sun 12th Detroit, MI, Ford Field

May 2024 Fri 24th Munich DE, Olympiastadion Sun 26th Munich DE, Olympiastadion

June 2024 Fri 7th Helsinki FI, Olympic Stadium Sun 9th Helsinki FI, Olympic Stadium Fri 14th Copenhagen DK, Parken Stadium Sun 16th Copenhagen DK, Parken Stadium

July 2024 Fri 5th Warsaw PL, PGE Narodowy Sun 7th Warsaw PL, PGE Narodowy Fri 12th Madrid ES, Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano Sun 14th Madrid ES, Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano

August 2024

Fri 2nd Foxborough, MA, Gillette Stadium

Sun 4th Foxborough, MA, Gillette Stadium

Fri 9th Chicago, IL, Soldier Field

Sun 11th Chicago, IL, Soldier Field

Fri 16th Minneapolis, MN, US Bank Stadium

Sun 18th Minneapolis, MN, US Bank Stadium

Fri 23rd Edmonton, AB, Commonwealth Stadium

Sun 25th Edmonton, AB, Commonwealth Stadium

Fri 30th Seattle, WA, Lumen Field

September 2024

Sun 1st Seattle, WA, Lumen Field

Fri 20th Mexico City MX, Foro Sol***

Sun 22nd Mexico City MX, Foro Sol

Fri 27th Mexico City MX, Foro Sol***

Sun 29th Mexico City MX, Foro Sol


Show 1 Support Europe: Architects & Mammoth WVH**

Show 2 Support Europe: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills

*Five Finger Death Punch/Ice Nine Kills play show 1 in Paris,

Architects & Mammoth WVH play show 2 in Paris

**Volbeat replaces Architects on show 1 in Gothenburg

Show 1 Support North America: Pantera & Mammoth WVH***

Show 2 Support North America: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills

***Greta Van Fleet replaces Pantera on show 1 both weekends in Mexico City






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